anovelconsole Chapter 57: One shot, one kill; a powerful tool for racking up points.
Chapter 57: One shot, one kill; a powerful tool for racking up points.
"Damn it, they win and then run!"
[The Great Sage of the Blood Sea] was so angry he wanted to vomit blood.
It's infuriating that they didn't give me a chance to get revenge.
He's a top-tier Silver Arena player, yet he's descended to the Bronze Arena!
I lost so easily and inexplicably, I'm really not convinced.
"Damn it, I lost 1,500 gold coins. Let's try again! Let's find a newbie team and earn their gold coins!"
"1,500 gold coins... I wonder how long it will take to earn that back. Master, please open another room quickly, let's team up and start matchmaking!"
"I'm not matchmaking for you! You two noobs can play by yourselves!"
[Blood Sea Great Sage] has no desire to speak to [Great Strength Makes Me Create Miracles] and [Strongest Scoundrel] now. He regrets having chosen such two idiots as his disciples.
Zhou Nan, on the other hand, was relaxed and happy.
The strongest Valkyrie started a group chat: "The arena is so much fun!"
"Valkyrie, how is the raid leader doing this? The enemy team keeps going AFK!"
"I bet 1,000 gold coins and won 3898 gold coins back! A huge profit! I became rich overnight!"
"Guild leader, shall we continue playing?"
Zhou Nan said, "Let's call it a day. I'm going to solo a few rounds of URF (Ultra Rapid Fire). You guys can play by yourselves if you want."
Valkyrie Lin Yun said, "Alright then, who's coming with me to farm Kassanar!"
He exclaimed, "I'm going! Let's go farm those big rocks!"
[When two people meet on a narrow road, one can run fast] said, "Guild leader, I want to level up to level 10. When you draw skills, could you give me some pointers?"
"good!"
A moment later, Zhou Nan was randomly matched and started playing the Infinite Firepower Arena.
He was playing the Infinite Firepower mode not for any other reason than to upgrade his Artillery Master's star level.
Random matchmaking is for casual entertainment; there are basically no players betting. Once you enter a room and choose a team, the battle begins immediately.
Zhou Nan unleashed his Five-Star Cannon Masters, arranging the Bloodline Murlocs as cannonballs. Each shot dealt 1800 damage to the enemy, specifically targeting their backline.
Zhou Nan was matched with players who were mostly below level 10, with less than 1,000 health points. A five-star artilleryman could kill him with a single shot. In half an hour, he played twelve games and earned 12 arena points.
"One shot, one kill! My cannon is amazing, it's practically a score-farming weapon!"
Zhou Nan was in a good mood.
In the 13th round, Zhou Nan unexpectedly encountered a familiar face. His opponent was "Watch Me Strike with Thunder," who rode an armored triceratops into the arena, carrying a deep-sea trident, and was level nine.
"Huh? A master bricklayer! What a coincidence. But even if we're acquaintances, I won't hold back. I'll show you the power of the mount-based strategy!"
[Behold my thunderous strike] Without using any other cards, he charged directly at Zhou Nan.
Zhou Nan calmly and deliberately had the Five-Star Cannon Strikeman fire a shot.
"-1209!"
"-241! Blood Explosion!"
The Bloodline Fishman died and unleashed a Blood Explosion, blasting [Behold My Thunder Strike] into a bloody mess. The guy stopped halfway and kept spitting, as if he had blood in his mouth.
"Ptooey, ptooey! Thank goodness it's blood. If it were feces, I'd be leaving!"
He was still muttering to himself.
Zhou Nan stared at the health bar of "Watch my thunderous strike".
This was the first player he had encountered who hadn't been killed by the cannonman's shot. Judging from the extent of his health loss, he estimated that his health was over 60,000 and his physical defense was probably around 4 points!
"Mount-based players definitely have an advantage; their health stacks with their mounts, making them incredibly tanky!"
Zhou Nan sighed slightly, then summoned Heng Ha Siye and the second-rate veterinarian again. He knew that the five-star cannon master and the bloodline fishman alone could not defeat [Behold My Thunder Strike].
Soon, the next Murloc cannonball from Cannonball Dunlei was ready.
"Again!"
【Behold my thunderous strike】Quickly control the armored triceratops to accelerate and charge forward, trying to dodge the murloc cannonballs.
The murloc cannonballs weren't flying very fast, and their trajectories were clearly visible, theoretically making them possible to dodge. However, perhaps due to the special hatred setting of the bloodline murlocs, the murloc cannonballs fired by the cannon lord Deng Lei actually turned, as if they had tracking abilities, relentlessly pursuing the blood-soaked [Behold My Thunder Strike], and finally, with a loud bang, they exploded, covering him in blood again.
Next, [Watch My Thunder Strike] ignored all the blood and gore and rode his armored triceratops straight toward Zhou Nan, only to be met with a barrage of attacks from all directions.
The four savages, without a second thought, swung their short clubs like electric fans, relentlessly hammering the armored triceratops, causing damage numbers to appear like crazy.
Even with the combined attributes of "Behold My Thunderous Strike" and "Iron Triceratops," and a physical defense of four points, a single savage's damage per second is at least 640. If four savages swing their wooden clubs together, the damage per second will easily exceed 2500!
[Behold my thunderous strike] The health bar above his head was rapidly decreasing, and he launched a counterattack, wielding his deep-sea trident, causing the armored triceratops to rear up with its horns.
However, even a second-rate veterinarian's flying needle therapy was not fake. This guy pointed and gestured from behind, and just like wielding sword energy, the flying needles shot out one after another, restoring the health of the four savages.
In just about twenty seconds, the cannon wielder Deng Lei had only fired five shots before his [Behold My Thunder Strike] skill was reduced to almost nothing. He looked up and shouted "Holy crap!" before being carried out of the instance.
The duel ended there, and Zhou Nan gained three game points.
"Only five shots fired? It's good for racking up points, but leveling up the artillery user is way too slow!"
Zhou Nan shook his head. He decided to play the random solo match in the Temple of the Four Directions mode in Infinite Firepower for the next game, and then go fight the Spiked Turtle again.
With a five-star cannon master paired with a bloodline murloc, Zhou Nan can now kill the spiked dragon turtle.
The Spiked Dragon Turtle only has 12 health points, 60% damage reduction, and regenerates 30 health points per second.
The five-star cannon can fire a shot every ten seconds, dealing 720 damage. The spiked dragon turtle heals 300 HP every ten seconds, and its net damage is also 420, which is equivalent to 42 DPS. Theoretically, the spiked dragon turtle can be killed in less than 48 minutes.
With Zhou Nan's help, including the sword butterfly Qiang Fen and a second-rate veterinarian, the time could be reduced to within eight minutes.
Zhou Nan had never killed a Spiked Dragon Turtle before, but he killed it this time and obtained a [Wild Monster Recruitment Token].
This [Monster Recruitment Token] is an exclusive item for this game and can only be used in the current game's Four Directions Temple Arena. After Zhou Nan used it, he recruited a small spiked dragon turtle.
This little spiky dragon turtle has only 30,000 health points, a 20% damage reduction effect, and regenerates 20 health points per second!
Its strength lies in its taunt skill, which can directly draw aggro and force surrounding targets to attack it.
"A decent meat shield!"
Zhou Nan said something, but then he discovered that the Spiked Dragon Turtle was a monster that could be repeatedly spawned. In less than a minute, another Spiked Dragon Turtle spawned on the ground below the watchtower.
So in this four-temple battle, Zhou Nan led three spiked little turtles and razed the opponent's base to the ground. His opponent, a novice player, was completely bewildered and kept asking Zhou Nan before quitting the game, "Which temple's unit is this giant turtle from?"
After the battle at the four temples, Zhou Nan's Cannon Master Deng Lei finally reached six stars, increasing the power of the Murloc Cannonball to six times the Murloc's health.
"Time to grind for N5. I haven't completed my small goal yet. I'll slowly grind the Artillery Amateur stars, no rush!"
Just then, Zhou Nan made a comment, and at that moment, [Run Fast When You Meet on a Narrow Road] sent him a friend call: "Guild Leader, I've reached level 10 and am currently drawing skills. The system randomly gave me three: the general skill [Card Reforging], the general skill [Card Disassembly], and the Card Warrior class skill [Frugality]. Which one should I choose?"
Zhou Nan said, "Are you sure you're not here to show off? Is there even a need to ask? Just choose [Card Reforging]!"
[Card Reforging], [Card Disassembly], and [Card Crafting] are universally recognized skills that should be selected at all times. The chance of them appearing when drawing skills is very low. The power of [Card Crafting] is self-evident, just from its name.
The [Card Disassembly] function is also very important. Most of the cards that players can obtain are bound and cannot be sold or traded. When you accumulate a lot of junk cards, the [Card Disassembly] function becomes useful. Its function is to disassemble the cards into various materials, and enhancement materials will always be returned in the process.
The effect of [Card Reforging] is to keep the card's color and star rating unchanged, and randomly replace it with another card. In Zhou Nan's opinion, since [Run Fast When Narrow Road Meets] wants to play a mount build, how can he get mount cards without learning [Card Reforging]?